primly
Example Sentences
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The buxom stall-owner lifts a furry, giant hare, its dead eyes glazed, as a primly dressed female customer offers coins in payment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Once upon a time, the copy editorial guild united against “xeroxing” — to many authors’ fury — in favor, primly, of “photocopying.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
"Flowers in the Attic: The Origin" takes it one primly heeled step further: there's no electricity in the house.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022
Efforts to banish that in-group, fraternal usage have mainly failed: Those complaints have been readily dismissed as “saddity,” primly classist or schoolmarmish.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
She sat there primly, slipping a forkful of potato into her mouth, then chewing it with a really superior look on her face.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
